Tag: Paul Gazelka
Senate passes bill to require legislative approval of future peacetime emergencies
The Minnesota Senate passed a bill Monday that would require future extensions of peacetime emergencies to be voted on and approved by the Legislature.
The...
Republicans raise concerns about Department of Health ‘data grab’
After a tumultuous week of debate, Gov. Tim Walz said Thursday that his administration will vaccinate 70% of seniors before moving on to the...
Minneapolis still owes outside police agencies for response to riots, Republicans...
(The Center Square) – Senate Republicans are introducing legislation aimed at providing an alternative to spending $35 million on an emergency contingency fund for Derek Chauvin’s...
GOP reps slam party’s ‘self-interested’ leaders who want vaccine priority
A group of Republican lawmakers are speaking out against their party’s “self-interested” leaders, who think that elected officials and their staff should be a...
State Republicans give Senate president position to a Democrat to protect...
Republicans have voted to transfer the Senate president’s role from one of their own to a Democrat in order to protect their Senate majority...
Republicans release contract promising to open up Minnesota if elected to...
State Republican lawmakers released a contract vowing to “open Minnesota” if voters elect them into power in November.
The "contract," which was released this week...
Senate removes another Walz commissioner
The Republican-controlled Senate voted to remove Minnesota Department of Commerce Commissioner Steve Kelley Friday before the one-day special session concluded.
The Senate also voted to...
Midwest Republicans urge Big Ten commissioner not to punt on fall...
Michigan House Speaker Lee Chatfield of Levering and nine other Republican Midwest lawmakers Tuesday sent a letter encouraging Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren to reverse its...
Gazelka asks Walz to clarify when ‘excessive use of executive authority’...
Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka, R-East Gull Lake, sent a letter to Gov. Tim Walz on Friday asking him to end the state of...
Democrats accuse Senate Republicans of extortion after ousting Walz commissioner
Just before the special session closed on Wednesday, Senate Republicans successfully voted to prevent Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) Commissioner Nancy Leppink from...